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Today-History-Aug16
St. Albert Gazette
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August 16, 2025
Today in History for Aug. 16: On this date: In 1750, 300 German settlers arrived at Lunenburg, N.S. In 1784, New Brunswick was established as a separate colony from Nova Scotia with a nominated council and elected assembly. Today in History for...
How coffee-shop culture was brewed in 13th-century Makkah
The National News
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With specialist milks, flavoured syrups and intricate brewing techniques, the coffee house as an international brand was introduced with the opening of the world’s first Starbucks in Seattle on March 30, 1971. But the rich history of coffee shop...
National Rum Day 2025: History, Types, And 10 Cocktails To Celebrate On August 16
News18
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August 16, 2025
Last Updated:August 16, 2025, 06:42 IST National Rum Day is a great chance to discover rum’s rich history, try new cocktails, and enjoy a flavourful, refreshing spirit with friends or on your own. National Rum Day will be observed on August 16....
Bonaire Set to Be Connected To New Submarine Data Cable
Submarine Telecoms Forum
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August 15, 2025
By Tanya Deen, Bonaire Insider August 14, 2025 Bonaire will be connected to the CELIA submarine data cable in 2027. This will ensure more reliable and stable internet access. Saba Statia Cable System BV (SSCS) recently signed an agreement with...
Bonaire to be connected to new submarine data cable
EA News
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August 14, 2025
Bonaire will be connected to the CELIA submarine data cable in 2027. This will ensure more reliable and stable internet access. Saba Statia Cable System BV (SSCS) recently signed an agreement with Aruban telecom company SETAR, one of the...
COMMENTARY: From Hurricane David to Erika, the life and times of civic leader Linda LeBlanc- Hill
Dominica News Online
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August 13, 2025
In the story of Dominica’s progress, certain lives stand out as pillars of service, resilience, and enduring love for country. One such life is that of Linda Dolores LeBlanc- Hill, born on October 19, 1929, at Veille Casse – Rouliard Estate to...
Adam Shatz: Berlin Diary
London Review of Books
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August 12, 2025
On my first day as a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, in the middle of January, one of the other new arrivals, a German woman who’s lived in the States for three decades, remarked that the view of Lake Wannsee was stunning from the dining...
Frantz Fanon: A revolutionary life explored in Adam Shatz’s compelling new biography
Daily Maverick
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August 12, 2025
I bought The Rebel’s Clinic, The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon (Head of Zeus, 2024), by accident — proof for me that sometimes “must read” books have a way of finding their way to you even if you don’t intend it. So it wasn’t a waste of...
Countries with the most 100-year-olds REVEALED - find out where Britain ranks in our league table
Daily Mail
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August 12, 2025
Monaco is home to more centenarians per capita than anywhere else on the planet, the Daily Mail can reveal today. For every 100,000 residents living in the billionaire's playground, our analysis found almost 950 are at least 100 years olds. Hong...
July keeps the torrid pace going in one of Earth’s hottest years on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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August 12, 2025
July 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest July in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported August 12. NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service also rated...
Hard lives, with days of wine and roses: The secrets of centenarians in Spain
El País
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August 10, 2025
Spain is a country of longstanding treasures. This is proven by the epic stories of men and women who, with stamina and courage, have lived more than a century. They all demonstrate that they know how to survive… but, above all, that they know how...
Matanzas on theater celebration, among the best on Cuban stage
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 12, 2025
Recognized as one of the most important theater groups on the Cuban stage, it will perform the show “31 Years Singing with Teatro de Las Estaciones” at Jose White concert hall. An example of puppet theater and acclaimed for the variety and design...
Grenada’s Dream Team Shares Bold Vision for Tourism Growth
Breaking Travel News
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August 11, 2025
An exclusive interview with Stacey Liburd (CEO), Tornia Charles (Director of Sales & Marketing), and Randall Dolland (Chairman of the Board), Grenada Tourism Authority – with Breaking Travel News Breaking Travel News (BTN): Thank you all for...
Caribbean Corals: Bleaching ravages a region built on reefs as aid falls short
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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(Centro de Periodismo Investigativo), Bleached corals at Santa Monica Rock, British Virgin Islands, last November. Some corals have recovered since then as the waters cooled in the winter months, but others died. Though this year is slightly...
How Frantz Fanon changed my mind about race
The Observer
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“Why are black people six times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than their white compatriots?” asked the professor. It was 1981 and that year there were only two identifiably black students among the intake of the London Hospital...
The price of being young in Grenada and the Caribbean
Now Grenada
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August 8, 2025
“A deep dive into youth displacement, crime and the erosion of hope and the urgency for evidence-based responses in Grenada and beyond.” by Dr Justine Cleophas Pierre, Labour Market Consultant Introduction: A region in crisis, a generation at...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Orbital Well: Revolutionizing Healthcare in the Region
The Voice
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August 9, 2025
Key stakeholders at the Orbital Well media launch Orbital Well Medical Services is poised to transform healthcare delivery in Saint Lucia and the surrounding region. Based in Saint Lucia, Orbital Well Medical Services connects individuals and...
A guide to sargassum in the Caribbean
Lonely Planet
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Quick: picture your fantasy Caribbean getaway. Did you happen to see those massive brown blobs of seaweed floating up on that imaginary powdery beach? Probably not. No one expects a storm of sargassum (that’s the aforementioned seaweed) to crash...
Caribbean Corals: Bleaching Ravages a Region Built on Reefs as Aid Falls Short
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 31, 2025
On a sweltering day in 2023, British Virgin Islands fisherman Zacchari Stoutt was suiting up for a routine dive when he glimpsed something unusual on the seafloor. At first, he thought it was a sunken boat. “It was quite visible,” recalled Stoutt,...